Skip to main content

BubbleBoy Has Broken Free

December 1, 1999

The worm reported "in-the-wild" Cambridge, UK, December 1, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, announces the discovery of the BubbleBoy Internet worm "in-the-wild". The worm previously existed in "zoo" virus collections of hackers groups has been detected...

The worm reported "in-the-wild"

Cambridge, UK, December 1, 1999 - Kaspersky Lab Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, announces the discovery of the BubbleBoy Internet worm "in-the-wild".

The worm previously existed in "zoo" virus collections of hackers groups has been detected wandering in the Internet. This means that computer users have to be much more cautious about anti-virus protection of their computers as never before.

The BubbleBoy was discovered earlier this year in November. This is the world's first worm able to spread through the Internet without resort to attached files and to enter the computer systems right after an infected e-mail message has been read.

"We anticipated this course of events and took care of our customers' security beforehand. AVP users are already protected against the BubbleBoy worm," - said Eugene Kaspersky, head of anti-virus research at Kaspersky Lab.

Technical description

BubbleBoy Has Broken Free

The worm reported "in-the-wild" Cambridge, UK, December 1, 1999 - Kaspersky Labs Int., an international anti-virus software vendor, announces the discovery of the BubbleBoy Internet worm "in-the-wild". The worm previously existed in "zoo" virus collections of hackers groups has been detected...
Kaspersky logo

About Kaspersky

Kaspersky is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company founded in 1997. With over a billion devices protected to date from emerging cyberthreats and targeted attacks, Kaspersky’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection, specialized security products and services, as well as Cyber Immune solutions to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. We help over 200,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.

Related Articles Press Releases

Kaspersky recently analyzed what digital superstitions Internet users in the META region believe in nowadays and investigated whether there are grounds for these beliefs.
Read More 
At the annual Cyber Security Weekend – META 2023, the details of Kaspersky’s recent initiative on Darknet incidents monitoring were revealed. When detecting a cybersecurity incident related to corporate data compromised on the Dark web, whether it...
Read More 
Industrial control systems (ICS) are used to run modern critical infrastructure, including energy stations and nuclear power plants. These objects operate at constant risk of being cyberattacked. According to the statistics from Kaspersky ICS CERT...
Read More